2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

The men's 100 metres event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 9 July.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Dexter Lee  Jamaica
Silver	Wilhelm van der Vyver  South Africa
Bronze	Terrell Wilks  United States

Results

Final

9 July
Wind: -0.8m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Dexter Lee	Jamaica	10.40
	Wilhelm van der Vyver	South Africa	10.42
	Terrell Wilks	United States	10.45
4	Yohan Blake	Jamaica	10.51
5	Benjamin Olsson	Sweden	10.67
6	David Lescay	Cuba	10.71
7	Shehan Abeypitiyage	Sri Lanka	10.71
8	Kemar Hyman	Cayman Islands	10.79

Semifinals

8 July

Semifinal 1

Wind: -0.6m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Terrell Wilks	United States	10.37	Q
2	Benjamin Olsson	Sweden	10.57	Q
3	David Ambler	New Zealand	10.63
4	Lai Chun Ho	Hong Kong	10.67
5	Ufomba Chime	Nigeria	10.73
6	Valerio Rosichini	Italy	10.75
7	Calvin Kang Li Loong	Singapore	10.75
8	Aleksandr Shpaer	Russia	10.78

Semifinal 2

Wind: +0.3m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Wilhelm van der Vyver	South Africa	10.38	Q
2	Dexter Lee	Jamaica	10.42	Q
3	Kemar Hyman	Cayman Islands	10.57	q
4	Shehan Abeypitiyage	Sri Lanka	10.59	q
5	Václav Zich	Czech Republic	10.63
6	Tsui Chi Ho	Hong Kong	10.74
7	Romain Burel	France	10.82
	Antonio Sales	United States	DQ	IAAF rule 162.7

Semifinal 3

Wind: -0.4m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yohan Blake	Jamaica	10.42	Q
2	David Lescay	Cuba	10.59	Q
3	Tyrone Halstead	Canada	10.65
4	Emmanouíl Koutsouklákis	Greece	10.66
5	Pascal Mancini	Switzerland	10.67
6	David Walters	U.S. Virgin Islands	10.74
7	Su Wai'bou Sanneh	Gambia	10.75
8	Miguel López	Puerto Rico	10.75

Heats

8 July

Heat 1

Wind: -0.2m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Antonio Sales	United States	10.49	Q
2	Tsui Chi Ho	Hong Kong	10.67	Q
3	Bernhard Chudarek	Austria	10.70
4	Philippos Spastris	Cyprus	10.72
5	Philip Berntsen	Norway	10.74
6	Izzet Safer	Turkey	10.90
7	Ángel Miret	Andorra	11.51
8	Jesus Iguel	Northern Mariana Islands	11.71
9	Tim Natua	Kiribati	11.88

Heat 2

Wind: +1.1m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	David Lescay	Cuba	10.47	Q
2	Václav Zich	Czech Republic	10.58	Q
3	Valerio Rosichini	Italy	10.63	q
4	Romain Burel	France	10.66	q
5	Roscoe Engel	South Africa	10.72
6	Alvaro Cassiani	Venezuela	10.77
7	Mohd Zabidi Ahmed	Malaysia	10.96
8	Bali Ram Chaudhari	Nepal	11.72
	Liang Tse-Ching	Chinese Taipei	DQ	IAAF rule 162.7

Heat 3

Wind: +0.2m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Terrell Wilks	United States	10.28	Q
2	Calvin Kang Li Loong	Singapore	10.62	Q
3	Emmanouíl Koutsouklákis	Greece	10.68	q
4	Edoardo Baini	Italy	10.75
5	Oskar Åberg	Sweden	10.88
6	Alonso Edward	Panama	10.91
7	Gordon Heather	Cook Islands	11.57
8	Bryan Brown	Costa Rica	12.12

Heat 4

Wind: +0.1m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Benjamin Olsson	Sweden	10.58	Q
2	Pascal Mancini	Switzerland	10.58	Q
3	David Walters	U.S. Virgin Islands	10.66	q
4	Ufomba Chime	Nigeria	10.68	q
5	Kendall Bacchus	Trinidad and Tobago	10.77
6	Martin Lamy	France	10.79
7	Mosito Lehata	Lesotho	11.09
8	Denvil Ruan	Anguilla	11.43
9	Azneem Ahmed	Maldives	11.55

Heat 5

Wind: +0.1m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	David Ambler	New Zealand	10.58	Q
2	Kemar Hyman	Cayman Islands	10.65	Q
3	Dexter Lee	Jamaica	10.65	q
4	Pavel Maslák	Czech Republic	10.75
5	Weerawat Pharueang	Thailand	10.87
6	Thomas Slowinski	French Polynesia	11.42
7	Emile Nisap	Vanuatu	11.64
	Matic Molicnik	Slovenia	DQ	IAAF rule 162.7

Heat 6

Wind: +0.5m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Tyrone Halstead	Canada	10.60	Q
2	Lai Chun Ho	Hong Kong	10.60	Q
3	Su Yung-Chun	Chinese Taipei	10.74
4	Semih Sencer	Turkey	10.90
5	Thamer Nasser Thani	Qatar	11.03
6	Bartosz Wojciechowski	Poland	11.14
7	Sadio Diallo	Mali	11.17
8	Alfred Adison	Solomon Islands	11.19

Heat 7

Wind: -0.7m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Shehan Abeypitiyage	Sri Lanka	10.68	Q
2	Aleksandr Shpaer	Russia	10.77	Q
3	Genki Kawai	Japan	10.86
4	Artur Zaczek	Poland	10.86
5	Tre Houston	Bermuda	10.92
6	Silyan Georgiev	Bulgaria	10.95
7	Courtney Williams	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	11.19

Heat 8

Wind: -0.7m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Yohan Blake	Jamaica	10.56	Q
2	Miguel López	Puerto Rico	10.69	Q
3	Phillip Hayle	Canada	10.70
4	Youssouf Mhadjou	Comoros	10.72
5	James Alaka	United Kingdom	10.75
6	Artyom Kravtsov	Russia	11.01
7	Dayne O'Hara	Norfolk Island	12.03
8	Jeffrey Tago	American Samoa	13.18

Heat 9

Wind: -0.7m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Wilhelm van der Vyver	South Africa	10.50	Q
2	Su Wai'bou Sanneh	Gambia	10.62	Q
3	Femi Owolade	Nigeria	10.89
4	Yuichi Kobayashi	Japan	10.97
5	Edi Sousa	Portugal	11.00
6	Ahmed Al-Merjabi	Oman	11.20
7	Kethsada Phengsawath	Laos	11.85
8	Khiev Samnang	Cambodia	11.88
9	Ahmed Farhad Tawabi	Afghanistan	12.39

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 75 athletes from 60 countries participated in the event.

•  Afghanistan (1)
•  American Samoa (1)
•  Andorra (1)
•  Anguilla (1)
•  Austria (1)
•  Bermuda (1)
•  Bulgaria (1)
•  Cambodia (1)
•  Canada (2)
•  Cayman Islands (1)
•  Chinese Taipei (2)
•  Comoros (1)
•  Cook Islands (1)
•  Costa Rica (1)
•  Cuba (1)
•  Cyprus (1)
•  Czech Republic (2)
•  France (2)
•  French Polynesia (1)
•  Gambia (1)
•  Greece (1)
•  Hong Kong (2)
•  Italy (2)
•  Jamaica (2)
•  Japan (2)
•  Kiribati (1)
•  Laos (1)
•  Lesotho (1)
•  Malaysia (1)
•  Maldives (1)
•  Mali (1)
•    Nepal (1)
•  New Zealand (1)
•  Nigeria (2)
•  Norfolk Island (1)
•  Northern Mariana Islands (1)
•  Norway (1)
•  Oman (1)
•  Panama (1)
•  Poland (2)
•  Portugal (1)
•  Puerto Rico (1)
•  Qatar (1)
•  Russia (2)
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1)
•  Singapore (1)
•  Slovenia (1)
•  Solomon Islands (1)
•  South Africa (2)
•  Sri Lanka (1)
•  Sweden (2)
•   Switzerland (1)
•  Thailand (1)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (1)
•  Turkey (2)
•  United Kingdom (1)
•  United States (2)
•  U.S. Virgin Islands (1)
•  Vanuatu (1)
•  Venezuela (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015